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SEC Surrenders to NCLA Client Michelle Cochran in Wake of Her Unanimous Supreme Court Win
Washington, DC (September 27, 2023) — While bravely battling the Securities and Exchange Commission for nearly seven-and-a-half long years, NCLA client Michelle Cochran turned her administrative enforcement ordeal into a nightmare for the agency. Now her ordeal will be officially over, but the SEC’s woes are just beginning. The New Civil Liberties Alliance has secured…
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NCLA Will Appeal Fed. Circuit Judicial Council’s Unlawful Order to Suspend Hon. Pauline Newman
Washington, DC (September 20, 2023) – In a damaging blow to judicial independence, the Judicial Council of the Federal Circuit today ordered the suspension of active circuit judge, the Hon. Pauline Newman, from hearing new cases for at least a year. This suspension comes on top of the six-plus months the Council has already unlawfully…
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NCLA Asks U.S. Supreme Court Not to Stay Injunction Against Government Social Media Censorship
Washington, DC (September 20, 2023) — Earlier this month the federal government petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the preliminary injunction issued by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Missouri v. Biden, which bars officials from the White House, CDC, FBI and U.S. Surgeon General’s office from pressuring social media platforms to censor…
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NCLA Encourages en Banc Third Circuit to End Viewpoint-Based Discrimination in Penn. Ethics Rule
Washington, DC (September 19, 2023) – Rule 8.4(g) of Pennsylvania’s Rules of Professional Conduct for attorneys establishes an unconstitutional speech code for lawyers, exposing them to discipline—including sanctions that threaten their livelihoods—if they knowingly communicate in a manner “constituting harassment or discrimination” in the practice of law. Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an…
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NCLA Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Rein in Qualified Immunity for Officials Who Violate Speech Rights
Washington, DC (September 18, 2023) – Invoking the contentious “qualified immunity” doctrine, state courts in Rhode Island prevented Rhode Island College (RIC) officials from facing civil liability for violating a student’s First Amendment rights to free speech and expression. The officials had expelled NCLA’s client, William Felkner, for refusing to parrot the school’s progressive ideological…
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In NCLA Victory, Fifth Circuit Upholds Key Part of Government Social Media Censorship Injunction
Washington, DC (September 8, 2023)—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has agreed with NCLA that officials from the White House, CDC, FBI and the U.S. Surgeon General’s office violated the First Amendment by coercing or significantly encouraging social media platforms to censor our clients. The panel upheld the most important portion of…
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